US 7,540,067 B2
Fastener for fixing an edge portion of a resilient material to a surface
Benjamin Colbourne, West Sussex (United Kingdom); Keith Colbourne, West Sussex (United Kingdom); and Peter Bailey, West Sussex (United Kingdom)
Assigned to Minsell Services Limited, (United Kingdom)
Appl. No. 11/660,716
PCT Filed Sep. 08, 2005, PCT No. PCT/GB2005/003462
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 20, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/027587, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 16, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 0419968.3 (GB), filed on Sep. 08, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0261197 A1, Nov. 15, 2007
Int. Cl. A47G 27/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 16—7 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener for fixing an edge portion of a resilient material to a surface comprising a base element fixed in use to a surface, and a removable clip element adapted to be removably engaged with said base element, in which both the base element and the clip element are constructed from a substantially non-resilient material, in which the clip element comprises a first part of engagement means, and the base element comprises a second part of engagement means, in which in use a resilient material is freely removably disposed on said surface adjacent a first end of the base element in which when the first part and the second part of the engagement means are aligned for engagement in use a portion of the clip element extends over an edge portion of the resilient material, in which in use said portion of the clip element is applied to said edge portion of the resilient material with a compression force, in which said compression force is required in order to engage said engagement means, and in which once the engagement means is engaged the compression force is removed and an extension force applied by the resilient material to said portion of the clip element forces said engagement means into engagement, in which said extension force is the only force forcing the engagement means into engagement, in which the engagement means can only be disengaged when said compression force is applied to said portion of said clip element, and in which the clip element is shaped such that it extends from the uncovered surface adjacent a second end of the base element, over the base element, and onto the resilient material.